The first record of this species for Sri Lanka and the Indian Subcontinent.
Ref:
Steiof, K., De Silva, C., Jayarathna, J., Mädlow, W., Pohl, M., Püschel, W., & Zerning, M., 2017. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra in Sri Lanka in February 2015: First record for the island and the Indian Subcontinent. Indian BIRDS 13 (4): 108–111